Author: Scott H Moore

Joseph Norris will be bringing Nightlancer to Birmingham Boardgame Bash 3 at Meeple Mayhem on 16th June. Here is a short preview from the designer himself: I'm Joseph Norris the developer for Nightlancer. I've been an enthusiastic gamer and follower of the cyberpunk genre for over 20 years and have been designing games as a hobby for... Continue Reading →

Nicki Lloyd of Birmingham Designers is organising a playtest event at Geek Retreat in Birmingham starting at midday on Sunday 24th June. The event will feature: Immortality: Nicki's own Greek mythology-themed game for 1-4 players Warren Wars: a quick-playing card game by new designers Emily and Kelsey Hungaria: a game of medieval kingdom building for... Continue Reading →

On Christmas Day 1982, I received a book called the Warlock of Firetop Mountain as a present and I was hooked. Over the next 3 or 4 years I bought and played a number of Fighting Fantasy and other gamebooks. I kept the books and replayed some of them several years ago, but recently I... Continue Reading →

The next in our series of imaginatively titled events will burst into action at Meeple Mayhem from midday on Saturday 16th June. That's (almost) a whole two weeks for you to recover from the UK Games Expo, so you have no excuse not to come along. This time, we have a quartet of specially-selected guest... Continue Reading →

We have an exciting new addition to the roster of designers attending BBB2 - Canadian Tyler Lipchen will be travelling down from the far north* just to attend the event. He'll be bringing his game: Planeteer Designer: Tyler Lipchen Players: 1-4 Length: 90-120 minutes Complexity: medium Mechanisms: Dice Allocation, 4X, thematic In Planeteer, each player... Continue Reading →

We can now confirm 5 of the board game designers who will be offering their games for playtesting at BBB2. The event will take place on Saturday 14 April and begins at midday. Ayden Lowther Stranded Spacecraft (2-4 players, 30-60 minutes) Repair the ship, close everything down and hope that you and your crew... Continue Reading →

After the success of the Birmingham Boardgame Bash, which we hosted at the Meeple Mayhem board game cafe in Edgbaston last month, we are organising a follow up event for Saturday 14th April with the imaginative title of Birmingham Boardgame Bash 2! For this next event we are expanding to a total of 7 board game... Continue Reading →

He's not quite a Brummie but still a West Midlander - Shropshire lad Martyn Poole has just launched the Kickstarter campaign for his Robin Hood and the Merry Men board game. This will be his first published game and he's working with the folks at Final Frontier Games (Cavern Tavern, Rise to Nobility), which means... Continue Reading →